Chair-seat



(No Model.)

W. CROUCH. CHAIR SEAT.

No. 567,639 Patented Sept. 15, 1896;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ESLEY CROUCH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CHAIR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,639, datedSeptember 15, 1896.

Application filed April 17, 1896.

semi No. 588,025. (Nomodeh) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY CROUCH, of Rochester, in the county of Monroeand State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovementin Chair-Seats; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe drawings accompanying this application.

My improvement relates to chair-seats having cane bottoms; and theinvention consists in the construction and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the finished seat. Fig. 2 isa central crosssection of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view similar toFig. 1, parts being broken away to show the stay-pieces inserted in theseatframe. Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-section of the rear portion ofthe seat.

-A indicates the seat-frame, which is of peculiar construction. It has acentral opening a, of comparatively small size,in which is fitted theflexible and perforated bottom B. At the rear of the seat-frameisara-ised rim b, which is the highest point of the frame. From this pointthe frame is hollowed or scooped out, as shown at 0, making a concavebottom. The front part of the seat-frame is also inclined downward andbackward, as shown at cl. The incline, however, is not so deep as theconcave at the back side, By this means the seat-bottom B standsslightly inclined, the front being the highest. The seat-bottom B ispreferably made of cane, as shown, but may be made of perforated leatheror any other suitable flexible and perforated material, provided withstrands f f, which pass down through holes made in the edges of theframe surrounding the central opening.

0 O are stay-pieces, consisting of strips of wood inserted in mortisesin the front and rear parts of the seat-frame next the central opening.These strips extend across the greater part of the width of the opening,as

shown. The holes that receive the strands ff of the flexible bottom aremade through these stays, as well as the frame. The grain of the wood ofthe strips extends crosswise and at right angles to that of the frame,which runs in one direction from front to rear. The object of thesestay-pieces is to form an attachment for the flexible bottom in whichthe strain shall come at right angles to the grain of the wood. By thismeans the attach 5 5 ment of the flexible bottom is at right angles tothe grain of the wood all the way around, as the grain runs parallel atthe sides. If the stays O 0 were not used, the strands would break out,owing to the narrow hold they have and resting in line with the grain ofthe wood. These strips also stay and strengthen the :front and rearportions of the seat-frame, which are comparatively narrow, and alsokeep the seat from warping.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a chair-seat, the combination of the frame A, having a centralopening, the staypieces 0 0 set into mortises at front and rear of theframe and forming reinforces for the attachment of the flexible bottom,the grain of the stay-pieces running at right angles to the grain of theframe, and the flexible bottom B, attached to the stays and covering thecentral opening, as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WESLEY CROUCH.

WVitnesses:

R. F. OSGOOD, GEORGE A. GILLETTE.

